Search Results: Crime from lobstabooks

W H Allen London 1977 Vg/Vg (intact unclipped dj with one small nick tail of spine, clean red cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, indentations from erased pencil prices front free endpaper and a couple of very small marks, contents tight and unmarked, hint of faint browning page edges) octavo 198pp. First edition. Bob Huntley became Britain's best-inown policeman in three years as head of Scotland Yard's Bomb Squad, when he was commander-in-chief of London's anti-I.R.A. army. 16pp b/w plates. - the autobiography of Ex-Commander Bob Huntley

Hutchinson & Co London 1979 Vg/Vg ( clean dj lightly rubbed at top of spine, brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, gift inscription front fixed endpaper, else contents very clean tight and bright. octavo 504pp. reprint. Research into the background of the Philby, Burgess and Maclean episode.

Hutchinson & Co London 1979 Vg/Vg ( clean dj lightly rubbed at top of spine, brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, private owner boookplate to ffep, else contents very clean tight and bright. octavo 504pp. reprint. Research into the background of the Philby, Burgess and Maclean episode.

Little, Brown, 1996 VG/VG dj is clean and tidy. not price-clipped. full plastic cover over all - loose-fitting. no inscriptions. The chilling cautionary tale of Bradly Morris Cunningham, a real estate entrepreneur whose misogyny and rampant egocentricity wrecked the lives of a succession of women."

Bantam Press 1997 Vg/Vg. clean and crisp copy. not price-clipped. no tears/cuts. No inscriptions. first-hand accounts of the man who has been at the centre of more than 100 headline-making investigations including James Bulger and Rachel Nickell. Some light sunning to page edges

Headline London 1994 Vg/Vg (clean bright undamaged unclipped dj, a very good clean crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions, faint yellowing page edges) octavo 312pp. First printing. True stories of murderers who were beyond suspicion thanks to their uniforms.

Plexus London 1999 VG near Fine (no dj, pictorial card covers, a bright clean copy octavo 182pp. Investigation into the murder of the popular rapper.

Hutchinson, London, 1993 VG/VG . full plastic loose-fitting sleeve has kept all clean and tidy. no inscriptions. internally, a lovely clean copy. 1st. 8vo. The author was given access to Scotland Yard's Black Museum, and describes and pictures exhibits from 20 murders, including those by William Palmer, Charles Peace, Ruth Ellis, Donald Neilson and Dennis Nilsen. Illustrated with mono photo plates

London: BCA, 1984 VG/VG no significant fault with book or dj, inscribed by previous owner. octavo. pp 208. Gripping true murder stories by leading contemporary authors.

David and Charles Newton Abbot 1967 Vg/G (unclipped dj is worn and creased at upper edge and chipped top of spine, back cover lightly soiled, clean red cloth with gilt titles on spine, small bump base of spine,a good sound clean copy with small spot fore edge of title page and contents page, no other marks or inscriptions) octavo 184pp. Study of police horses across the world, examining just what the mounted police do, and why they have not been universally supplanted by motor patrols. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

HarperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1994 Vg/Vg (clean bright dj very lightly creased at ends over spine but no loss. full plastic cover over all, loose-fitting. all tight and bright without fault. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. signed by author. octavo On January 30, 1991, the caretaker of a Christmas tree dump outside Minneapolis discovered the dismembered body of Michael Proumenshikov, one of Prudential-Bache's top earning stickbrokers in the Twin Cities area. This is a harrowing, meticulously researched account of Prozumenshikov's life and death which reveals the relentless ambition that drove a man's rapid rise in the eighties spelled his ruin in the ninties. 293 pages including index. B&W photos

Andre Deutsch London 1954 Vg (no dj, dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, lightly faded on spine and at bottom of front board, browning to free endpapers, one or two isolated spots prelims and scattered spotting outside page edges, internally pages clean and unmarked) octavo 256pp. First edition. Author was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1945-53, and writes of his time at Scotland Yard, and of the work of the police. Cases discussed include Christie, Heath, and Haigh. 12pp b/w photographs.

The Bodley Head London 1987 G (no dj, pictorial card covers, spine lightly creased, a sound clean copy with no marks or inscriptions, touch of light browning page edges) octavo 275pp.

The Bodley Head London 1987 G (no dj, pictorial card covers, spine lightly creased, a sound clean copy with no marks or inscriptions, touch of light browning page edges) octavo 275pp.

Jarrolds London undated c1947 Fair (no dj, blue cloth with large sunned areas with fading over both boards, lightly rounded top and base of spine and titles no longer visible. few faint marks endpapers and small pencil price no date of publication but preface dated 1947. With 22 b/w illustrations. The history and story of London's police.

Jarrolds London undated c1947 Fair (no dj, very grubby worn blue cloth with patchy stains and fading over both boards, lightly frayed top and base of spine and titles no longer visible, front hinge lightly cracked and spine a little wobbly, few faint marks endpapers and small pencil price etc., pages clean) octavo 240pp. No date of publication but preface dated 1947. With 22 b/w illustrations. The history and story of London's police.

Arco, 1958 Vg/vg not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st UK edition. touch of foxing to cream areas of dj rear panel. browning to endpapers ( old bookmark? ) Compilation of true stories by the author of Prisoners at the Bar.